re: Wonder if ncaa considered going all wood bats like minors and big league?

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Wait! Wooden bats don't cost as much at the ones colleges swing now do they? Hell, high school kids swing 350 dollar bats. I know wood breaks but how much is a pro wood bat?

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a good wooden bat is not cheap, probably in the realm of $150-200 a piece. a regular player will go through 15-20 bats throughout the season. multiply that for an entire team. the costs would be outrageous

And that $350 composite bat wouldnt break. A wooden bat would cost $250 or so. And it would break multiple times during the season. So each kid would have to have multiple bats. Youre looking at the costs of it being over $1200 per player... Its an unnecessary expense.

And these new "dead" bats make it easier to judge how a player would hit with a wooden bat.